《源氏物语》与中国文学及文化的亲缘关系

Affinities Between Tale of Genji and Chinese Literature and Culture

《源氏物语》是世界上第一部长篇写实小说,是11世纪初问世的一部日本古典文学名著。紫式部以平安时期的社会政治生活为背景,写出了一部反映当时的社会历史及平安朝贵族的荣华与衰落的历史画卷。《源氏物语》的影响已经渗透到了日本的文化生活中,《源氏物语》在艺术表现方面,有其显著特色;特别是在《源氏物语》中表现出的中国文化内容十分丰富。《源氏物语》深受中国文学的影响,广泛地吸取了中国古典文学精华并借鉴了《长恨歌》的结构形式,它与中国文学有着很深的亲缘关系。《源氏物语》对日本后来的文学乃至文化产生了极其深远的影响。

Considered as the first true novel in the world, Tale of Genji was written in the early 11 th century as one of the classics in Japan. Its author Murasaki Shikibu tells the luxury and decline history of the ruling aristocracy with the social and political life in the Heian era of Japan as the setting. Being the culmination of the Japanese literature, this book has become the precious heritage integrated into the Japanese lives with its influences on various aspects of the Japanese people and its later literature and culture. In the artistic representation, Tale of Genji has its remarkable characteristics. In particular, a wide range of Chinese culture is shown in the book. Under the influence of the Chinese literature, the book assimilates the essence of the Chinese classics and borrows from the Song of Everlasting Regret in its structure. Hence, there exists a deep affinity with Chinese literalure.